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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1940
Page
5
Walt Mason reflects on farmers' labor and resilience. The poem notes hard knocks and bruises yet celebrates steady work and bold conduct, concluding that in life’s race the brave score and win.
Local residents report visitors and movements including Stan Bruton of Toronto visiting family in town, Mrs Senderson and Kenneth from Peterboro with relatives, and Pte. Sanderson from Kingston sharing time with the Fuller family. New positions and real estate transactions mark community activity, with Mgr Wink Winter starting at Oshawa General Motors and Alf Little buying Patterson’s residence while Patterson relocates to Newcastle.
Mrs Richards, longtime Spencer Corsets Canada executive, is lauded for sales work earning a top prize of a multi city train trip to Montreal, New Port and Vermont plus Ausable Chasm. She toured Rock Island Quebec factory showcasing cloth tests and logistics. The Ontario winner has spent ten years with the firm, previously managing the Niagara District.
Viola Helen Hollingsworth and Walter Norman Wesley were quietly married in Newcastle on September 7 at 3 pm. The bride wore air force blue crepe with roseberry red accessories and was attended by her sister Violet. the groom was supported by his brother Elmer Cairns. A reception followed at the bride's home with thirty guests. The couple will reside near Schomberg after a motor trip to Ottawa.
Community members are urged to prepare for the Boy Scout nickel drive this Saturday as volunteers collect funds for local scouting programs. Scouts will visit neighborhoods and coordinate with households to raise support.
A party at St. Saviour's Churchgrounds honors Gordon Bruton who plans to attend Trinity College on Sept. 23. About sixty congregation and Sunday School members attended, with Mr. Hall presenting a purse. Rev. Dewdney praised Gordon for eight years as Lay Reader and A.Y.P.A. president.
The weatherman forecast sunny conditions for Orono Fair on Wednesday offering favorable weather for attendees and events across the festival.
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